ILLAMASQUA | Precision Brow Gel in Glimpse

It's no secret that I'm one of these terribly unfortunate people who have awful brows.  They're pale, sparse and thin, and not through over-plucking, but because I'm just not hairy and blessed with good brows.  As a result, I have to use products to make them look more normal, and frame my face, I have SERIOUS brow envy of those that don't need to do this!

The Illamasqua Precision Brow Gel in Glimpse has a very similar texture to the cult, Anastasia DipBrow Pomade, you might even say, it has a slightly nicer texture.  It's slightly softer and doesn't tend to cling to the roots of your hairs as much (the Anastasia one only does this a little and in certain places). 

As it's water-resistant it really doesn't move all day either (oh and by the way, I'm fully away my brows are in desperate need of some TLC!).  The pigmentation is fantastic, a tiny amount really goes a long way, so it's a product that will last you well.  In fact, the less I used, the better the final look.

My only issue with this is that it's not quite the right shade for me, I think the shades stare or awe would have been better - but as there's still some red in my hair, I can get away with this :)

Overall I really love the Illamasqua Precision Brow Gel, it's a lovely formula, great texture and pigmentation and it's really easy to use... next time, I'll make sure I pick the right colour though ;)

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HD Brows palette

Back on the 15th April I went to the great #LDNmeet to meet a load of other bloggers and attend a She Said Beauty event afterwards.  Here we had our brows done by HD brows, Speckled liner by Illamasqua amongst other things.  And being super lucky beauty bloggers, we were given an HD Brow kit in Foxy in our goody bags (I was a little shocked!).  So, here's my review all about it :)

The shade I used on my brows was Dark Brown

My Thoughts

This is probably the most strongly pigmented brow palette I've used.  The consistency is really different from the Chanel one I usually use, this is much more powdery (the Chanel one is more waxy), and when you swirl the brush on it, I guarantee you'll pick too much up, so just dab the brush (and you still might get too much!), so remember to tap off the excess.

Although I have been using the darkest colour, I think I might start experimenting with the second lightest one.  I tend to try and match it to the colour of my hair, which I was trying to lighten a little from black to dark brown, so I can probably get away with either colour at the moment :)

The quality of this palette is amazing, it feels really well put together and unlike some eyebrow palettes, the brush that comes with it is really good quality, don't you just hate it when the brush bristles are all splayed everywhere?  Well, the one with this one is decent :)

They come in 3 shades, Vampire, Bombshell and Foxy.  You can pick them up online for around £20.

This months bigest pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Laura from A Scottish Lass

 

FashionistA Brow Kit

Hey lovelies :)  So, a couple of new brow kits have hit the shelves recently (FashionistA and MUA), I have the FashionistA one - here's my thoughts :D

FashionistA Brow Kit £7* in Superdrug

My Thoughts

First impressions are it's a lovely little kit.  Good mirror, brush and tweezers.  For the photo you can see above, I used the little angled brush to apply the darkest brown to my brows.  Now, bear in mind, I have dyed black hair, so I tend to need to have a very dark brown on my brows for them to look more... normal.  That's my main disappointment with this kit, there isn't a brown dark enough for my hair colour.  The darkest brown in the palette is nearly passable for me, but I feel it does need to be darker.  So I'm afraid I'll be sticking with my Chanel brow palette purely because of the colour.  However, there's also a lot to be said for this kit.

A little goes a long way - if you pick up a little bit of product on the brush, it can do nearly the whole brow.  You also get gel in the palette for shaping and definition.  The tweezers... well... they didn't so much 'pluck' my eyebrows as chop them where they gripped (very sharp!).  I love the little compact and the packaging and if I had slightly ligher hair, this would be perfect!  

Do you have dark hair and have the same problem as me?